Gender differences in adolescents' perceptions of the best and worst aspects of computing at school

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 673-682

  Colley, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Computers; Education; Gender

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER GAMES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0141510012     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(03)00022-0     Document Type: Article

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